Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Halosarcia calyptrata Paul G.Wilson
, legitimate, scientific
[Wilson, Paul G. (24 July 1980), A revision of the Australian species of Salicornieae (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 3(1)]:
62-63, Figs 25 A-C, 58-59, Map 22
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"18 km S of Wiluna, Western Australia clay pan; sub-shrub 0.3 m high, articles dull pale green; 28 Aug. 1970; P.G. Wilson 8939 (holo: PERTH, iso: CANB, K)."
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Etymology:
"The specific epithet refers to the cap-like covering to the seed formed from the hardened apical portion of the pericarp.
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[Wilson, Paul G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Chenopodiaceae (Chenopodium, Dysphania, Rhagodia, Sclerobitum, Monolepis, Atriplex, enchylaena, Neobassia, Stelligera, Threlkeldia, Babbagia, Halosarcia, Tecticornia, Sclerostegia, Pachycornia, Salsola) ). Flora of Central Australia]:
74
[secondary reference]
[Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4]:
298, Map 439
[secondary reference]
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
69
[secondary reference]
[Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26]:
19
[secondary reference]
[Shepherd, K.A. & Wilson, Paul G. (5 September 2007), Incorporation of the Australian genera Halosarcia, Pachycornia, Sclerostegia and Tegicornia into Tecticornia (Salicornioideae, Chenopodiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 20(4)]:
325
[basionym]
basionym of:
Tecticornia calyptrata (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
legitimate